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OUR LONDON LETTER

OVERSEAS VISITORS AT BUCKINGHAN PALACE,

THE ECONOMY "AXE" AND THE CIVIL SERVICE.

THE CITY PIGEONS.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY. PRESS,

TALE OF ECONOMT-

Just now one hears of alarms and ex cursions in the labyrinths of Whitehall, whege it is regarded as certain that the Admiralty will make a determined effort to cut down expenditure all round so as to provide for the cost of the new cruisers, It is said that there is to be such a cut in the expenses of the Admiralty establishment that at least £00,000 a yea will be saved in salaries alone. Naturally the dwellers in these protected areas of offcialdom will put up a big fight to save their posts and their pay.

MONDAY, "AUGUST, 24rd, 1925

SCOTTISH SPORT.

CRICKET-IRELAND DEFEATS

SCOTLAND. '.

{FROM OUR OWN CURRESPONDENT-]

EDINBURGH, July 13th. Ireland practically won their inter- national match in Dublin in the first innings. They put on 381 in fine style. Loboy, August 1st!

M. C. Parry contributing 124. The reply of Scotland was "not encouraging 281, felixir which is th” give life to the coal

and the team, who had taken the field in no very hopeful mood practically. Kave industry. Unfortunately, the process is

In addition to this one hears that Sirp the match, especially as the Irish hardly beyond the laboratory" stage, and Laming Worthington EvLus, the Secre found themselves able to declare in the the possibilities of it being the sovereigntary for War, has anticipated the eats second innings with 3 for six. remedy have been freely criticised. CONSUMPTION OF OIL

EFFECT OF HOLIDAYS ON CRICKET,

STYLE 93.

VAN HEUSEN COLLARS

MORE COMFORTABLE THAN A SOFT COLLAR. SMART APPEARANCE OF A STIFF COLLAR EXTRAORDINARY LONG WEARING QUALITĪRS,

On

NO CREASING

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NO BOUGH EDGES

that will be inevitable when Churchill's their second attempt the Scots only scored Economy Committee gets to work with 159. the axe,” and he has prepared a scheme | for reducing expenses in his Department that has created almost a much alarm as is the case at the Admiralty next door. Nobody supposes that there will be strike among Civil servants; but there will be a fight, and, of course, officials have a way of pulling strings in Parlia be interesting to watch the impending struggle.

THE FIRST SSA LOED,

The London pigeons which sweep and circle in front of St. Paul's Cathedral and the Royal Exchange are an endless souree of delight to visitors to London, They are 'perfectly game," and alight on

It is worth special remark that owners the shoulders of prople who romas many Londoners slo-to feed them with and men are both confident that the coal handful of carn or piress of cake, and mining industry will rally.from its present the birds strat jauntily in and out amoag | depression, At the crument coal has the knots of curious folk who stand come full cilt against the competition of around and watch the performance. The foil and has not had time to re-adjust itment that are generally effective. It will sight is picturesque, "and is, essentially self to the new conditions. The Atlantic of the minor attractions of Lantion. liner fearebun, before she became an But now the pigions are ander oil-burner herself, kept one pit going in criticism. Colonel Dunfee, arealer of South Wales. Every day she steward the City Corporation, is asking flat body she giasuntech 1,000 tons of coal, about the to consider means “to alate tine quisanes quantity the pit sent to the surface, and chamage caused by the increasing Nut only our own navy but the navies) number of pigmans in the City." Since of the world are turning to nil fuel. There visitors feed them so liberally they in is a geurrni shrinkage in the consumption Creage too fast, it is said, and they dam of enal" everywhere abroad. These are, ng buildings. Complaints of this kind

hard gronamic facts. A unification of agitate the City Fathers' every" t now and coal interests fouling to the elimination again, and a sort of obituary of the City of the old and more or less exhausted will meet the case. piegea has repeatually been written. About 20 years age the City medical Pits, and concentration on the pros. offerreadvocated the suppression of the permis conllichis is a likely outcome of

the situation. pigrons on hygienic grounds, and a name ter were then destroyed.

Some time lack a couple of tralus were arrested for trapping pigeons and exking them at fire they had it in ths Temple Gardens, and there have been other arrests for pigeon-killing. but it is a rare effener when one considers the temptation to a hungry man of these fat hirds and the case with which they can 1 taken. It is difficult at St. Paul & to save oneself from trampling on them. Yet no one ever sees a dead pigeon! THE WEMBLEY GUESSING GÁME.

ritates

** SHEPHERD'S " RASTAL RANT,

Owing to the start of the holiday season there was a curtailment of the summer the scoring high. The Scottish Counties engagements. The wickets" were fast and Championship was advanced a further stage, Forfarshire defeating Aberdeen- shire and Fifeshire completing their list of home games with a win over Stirling County. The game at Mannsfield was chiefly sotable for level scoring, only four players who went to the wickets The term of office as First Sen-Lord of failing to register double figures, For- Enel Teutty will soon expire, and it is farshire merited their victory, as they being asked in the Service clubs what were set to get 170 to win in rather under his next post will be. Being in the early two hours, and this they accomplished ifties he is still young, and although he with very little time to spare. Though has taken n üne house in Grosvenor Fifeshire gained an emphatic win over Square, nail is passionately fond of fox-Stirling County the game had an excit- hunting. it is unlikely that sport or ing final. Daly three Western Union society will absorb all his energies. It Championship games were contested, the is said that he is anxious for some sort

outcome of which was to narrow still of Imperial employinent of the kind for further the number of rivals for the which his record and personality qualify honour. The only aspirants would new him. Perhaps a Governor-Generalship seem to be Polos, West of Scotluad, and Greenock. In ordinary club matches the most notable achievement was the ten wickets" victory of Grange over Carlton. the defeat bring the first sustained by the club for three seasons. M. Patter had the distinction of hitting 108 for the premier club: Principal results:-

Scottish Counties. File, 25 for a; Stirling, 15.

Western Coustica, Ayr, 1 for 8; Kirmarnock, 153.

Other Matcher. Grange, 251for 8; Carlton, 107. Clydesdale, 192 for 9; Glas. Acada,

A THROWER OF MCD.

Is is not often that there is complete agreement in the Press on a given sub- jeet, but all the papers are unanimous in their condemnation of Mr. Peter slander he wrote in his book, Wright who has jumped into notoriety by Portraits and Criticisms, concerning

Mr. Gladstone.

He accused the great Liberal statesman of a pretence to high

Devonshire House, the palatial town residence of the Dake of Devonshire in cerally, has been pulled down and the sito elenced as a preliminary to the crec in of a building to contain shops,and

surious Bats and a large restaurant. Public virtues and, in private life of un- restrained licence after the manner of a The restaurant is to have a ball-room, Don Juan, Lord Gladstone, the eldest banqueting hall, grillroom and reception son of the late Mr. Gladstone, and his rous. The name chosen for it is "Shep-elder brother. Mr. H. N. Gladstone, in herd's, because it is close to Shepherd's a letter to the Press stigmatises this as Market. an ancient little precinct in May garbage, and calls the author a liar, Fair for which popular, novelists have coward and fool lately shown a passionate regard:

建

This denial ecucheal in intentionally

125.

Drumpellier, 168: Cartha, 31. Heriot's, 147; Stenhousemuir, 100. Perthshire, Arbroath, 60.

"ADMIRALS AT CRICKET.

LORD JELLICOE TAKES A WICKET.

You never can tell how the British"

On this subject the fact may he noted provocative language is intended to force" public will take what you offer them." But that grandiloquent names for restaurants Mr Wright to bring an action for libel sometimes they catch on to an idea, and and hotels are no longer smart and the against Lord Gladstone and his brother

"the word "palare "is not used now in Erst But there is small probability of this this is what has happened to Wembley Hundred." This is a game class hoteklom. "Shepherd's" is a re-being done. The writer of the slander

A cricket match was played "at Dart. wherchy, any visitor to the Exhibition who turn to the tradition of the old fashioned in a published reply states in effect that mouth on July 4th between Admiral!

most necurately his (or her) hotels in Mayfair-Brown's Hotel, Jules's no action for libel can be taken in Eng-- estimate of the number of visitors to Hotel Long's, Fischer's, Almond's, and lish law in respect of statements about Hickley's XI: and, the Royal Naval Wembley on the following day receives

the Fleet, Lord so on. These names suggest a pedigree a dead man. This is true, but the po. College. Admiral Hickley's team from the Exhibition authorities £100. and personal supervision, and are much pular opinion here is that unless Mr. cluded Admiral of

Jellicoe, Vice Admiral Watson, Vice- The great B.P. have found the guessing liked by Americans because they seem Wright takes action be will be obliged to Admiral Sir R. Bentinck, Commodore game an immense attraction. It has different and suggest a Loudon of old accept the verdict of the public that he proved, indeed, to be too paying a game servants turned hotel-keepers. "Sher-is all that he has been called by the E. Leggett, Capt. Evans, Rear- Ine the competitors to permit the author-herd's" is certainly in the mode as a Gladstone brothers. Certainly no normal ities to continue it without altering the fashionable, name. conditions a little.

CONCERNING PUNNELS. The other day I

was talking about shipping matters to an expert who refer

person could go about his business with the terms of that letter hanging over his

honour.

Mr. Wright, however, may prove to be abnormal in this case, for I see that he

The guessing babit seems to be spread- ing at Wembley." In the West African walled city there is a native, the master of a profuse patter, who has had the red to the great 25,000-ton motor liners has actually told an interviewer tant he mation of getting the visitors guessing by under construction at Belfast, one of is obliged to Lord Gladstone, for giving concealing a lucky bean. in penny packets which was recently launched. el cocoa-the luck consisting of a ticket entitling the winner to a box of choco. Jates. The people who run the gas ex- hibit have started a cross-word puzzle for prizes.

YAL "GARDEN PARTY.

The Arst of the Royal Garden parties, held at Buckingham Palace took place this week it brilliant sunshine-in fact, the heat was almost tropical. In accord ance with a new arrangement made by

He said I asked "Not at all,”

they would have two fannels. why-were they needed? was the reply. "One of them can be used as a sort of exhaust, but that could be managed otherwise: the other is just a dummy. He went on to say that the public are used to funnels, and they would think a funnel-less boat uncanny. Therefore, funnels there must be, though they are quite useless."

This led to another point which was new to me, and may be new also to many

such a fine advertisement to his book: H.B.

LABOUR M.P.S "GO RED."

PARTY WEARS CARNATION BUTTONHOLES.

"THAT BLOKE.""

MR. PURCELL AND "FOREIGN ASSEMBLY" INCIDENT.

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the Lord Chamberlain, the gates were readers. Some of the fumiels on ordinary opened rather earlier than usual, and long liners are dammies. They take up a lot! Every member of the Labour Party in before the King and Queen appeared the of room which might be used profitably the House of Commons on July 20th rounds were crowded with guests. Most for passenger accommodation, they cost sported a deep red carnation in his of them seemed to be torn twp ways a lot to construct, and they are expen- buttonhole.". between their desire to secure one of the sive to paint, but it is still policy to have "A bundle of carnations lay at the feet few seats in the shade and their wish to them. The explanation is that the of Mr. Tom Williams and Mr. Robert see the arrival of the Royal Family. The travelling public tends to think of power Morrison, and as each member of the anajurity seemed to choose the latter in terms of funnels. A-steamer with four party arrived either Mr. Williams or her.

ourse, in spite of the heat of the sun. funnels is the real occas monster; the, Morrison handed out a buttonhole.

By the time that Mr. Purcell was The path leading to the private door three-funnelled steamer has an advantage

"

of the Palace was crowded with in-in popular respect over that with only ready to take his seat for the first time. terested spectators, including. Overseas two or one. It seems that although the there was a large attendance of Labour people who were catching their first motor ships have arrived and may be members, all of them decorated with the glimpse of Royalty. Although a good common before many years are past, the red carnation.

many visitors from Overseas were invit-tunnel will still be retained as the symbol MR JACK JONES INTERJECTION, ed, the lists were slightly, restricted this of might

in-

Admiral Sir E. Chatfeld, Surg-Capt. Skey, and Rear-Admiral A. G. Hothem. The cricket played was excellent, and the College won by 49 runs, Scores:-

Admiral Hickley's XL-Lord Jellicoe,

Carroll, 10; Vice-Admiral Watson, b Cochrane, 28; Rav. W. H. Goudge, a John- son, b Carroll, D; Vice-Admiral Sir R. Bentinck, st. Rylands, b. Carroll, 1; Commodore D. E. Leggett, Johnson, b Jameson, 49;. Capt. A. E. Evans, st. Rylands, b Jameson, 43; Rear-Admiral Sir E. Chatfeld, e Meyrick, b' Jameson,

S. Hickley, 11; Vice Admiral C. Blacker, b Jameson, 10; Surg.-Capt. A. H. Skry, run out, 15; L-Com. Trou- bridge Bone, b Jamesoo, 0; Rear- Admiral G. Botham, not out, 0; extras,, 10 total, 174

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R.N. College-Bone, e and b Trou. bridge, 16; Johnson, b Skey. 24; Jame son, Goudge, b Skry, 11; Cox, e Skey, b Troubridge, 18; Blacker,"c Goadge, b Skey, 4; Meyrick, b Troubridge, Borgnis, b Evans, 21; Miner-Barry, b Troubridge, 50; Cochrane, b Jelljeor, 1; Carroll, b Skey, 15; Rylands, 1.0.4; extras, 6; total, 290,

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Rubber quotations on August 19th, according to advices received by the Hongkong Small Investors Share and Real Estate Co., were as follows:- When the Speaker invited new members Brogas in good demand up to $1.15, year, since only two parties are to be THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD,

desiring to take their seat to advance to sellers asking $1.20, and Bassetts have the given, instead of the more usual three or

About one hundred school teachers start the table, Captain Arthur Evans rose and same quotation. Bukit Jelotongs can be four. Even the presence of six thousand people, however, scarcely seemed to ed from Southampton this week for a asked whether it was permissible for a placed at $1.10. Jeram Kuantans changed crowd the grounds, which, apparently, tour in Canada, and those who are mostly candidate who had been elected to the hands in quantity round 38 cents, closing told the secret of perpetual greeness, interested in education regard their de- House to take bis seat if he was already in demand at the figure, with sellers at It a representative of a foreign Assembly $1.00. Mriska Piadas made $233, buyers although the grass in all the London Parture as a promising innovation. parks and gardens is sunburnt to the upens up new possibilities. The teacher and had, presumably, taken the oath tourists are drawn from colleges and (Ministerial cheers and Labour Inughter.) colour of khaki.

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quiet, Pajams can be placed at $8.75, Ban miners' desire for pationalisation have elaborate, even to the extent of making Mr. Jack Jones: He must have had sellers asking $9.00. Tanahe made $18.00 been only hall-hearted. The miners

a cinematograph film of the entire jour brain wave, that bloke. (Loud laughter.)buyers over. Bukit Kepongs are wanted realise that nationalisation, even if it ney, beginning with Southampton and Mr. Purcell then advanced to the table at 82.80 (cum) "few offering. Indragiria proved a remedy at all, would be a long ending at the same port when the travel-recompanied by Mr. George Lansbury offer at 38.15, with enquiries at $7.90. DR. LE CLERG'S NEVE drawn out cure and they want quick and lers return in the Autumn. It is expect. and Mr. Henderson, amid load Labour Kempas can be pisced at $5.90, and offer painless relief for their ills.

ed that the teachers will bring back with cheers. Mr. Purcell was again cheered at 88.10. New Soudais made $245, Just as the old lady found Mesopotamia them much knowledge of what is imppen when he shook banda with the Speaker buyers over, Sungei Bingans have buyers a blessed word, so there is now greating in the schools of Canada that will and passed behind the chair.

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